NHOA Ski Team

Road to Milano-Cortina 2026: Internationality and Inclusiveness Between Val Vigezzo and Val Formazza

Regulatory News:

NHOA Group, (NHOA.PA, formerly Engie EPS) global player in energy storage, e-mobility and EV fast and ultra-fast charging network, announces the launch of the "NHOA Ski Team" in the context of the NHOA Élite Program and the broader sustainability and inclusivity strategy.

This initiative has been launched during the NHOA Group Annual Meeting, which brought together over 500 people from 41 nationalities across four continents at Piana di Vigezzo, in the heart of the Italian Alps. Among them, there was Daniele Cassioli, NHOA Group’s ambassador for inclusivity and the most successful paralympic water ski athlete in history, with 28 World Cup and 27 European titles.

The NHOA Ski Team is affiliated with FISI - the Italian Winter Sports Federation and aimed to coordinate all NHOA Élite Program services related to skiing, mountain, and outdoor education for the benefit of all NHOA Group employees, their families, and all the athletes from every ski club in Italy and Europe who will join the project.

Even more importantly, the NHOA Ski Team will select an athlete among those aspiring to compete in the Paralympic Alpine Skiing World Cup (World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup) to support him/her on the journey to the Milano-Cortina 2026 Paralympics, in coordination with FISIP – the Italian Paralympic Winter Sports Federation.

The over 60 athletes of the NHOA Ski Team and the other clubs that have already joined the program will have exclusive access to all NHOA Élite Program services and priority access to winter and summer training and education centers, less than two hours from Milan and Turin, in Val Vigezzo and Val Formazza.

NHOA Ski Team's program for athletes, including those with disabilities, will span over 150 days of sport activities per year, including alpine skiing, athletic training, and multisport for children and young people from 4 to 21 years old, plus over 100 hours of training for coaches and families, complemented by all the services of NHOA Élite Program.

"I thank NHOA Group for this important inclusiveness project, dedicated to all athletes, especially those competing in winter sports," explains Alessandra Locatelli, the Italian Minister for Disabilities, "and for the specific involvement of Paralympic athletes. Sport is not just an extraordinary tool for promoting wellbeing and inclusion, but is essential for fostering relationships and increasing autonomy, especially for young athletes with disabilities. It is necessary to continue investing and working together to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to practice sports out of passion, competition, or pleasure, at all levels and across the entire territory. Through competition, with the professional assistance guaranteed by NHOA, athletes will participate in new challenges with complete preparation, and particularly with support that will also extend to families. An important initiative that unleashes new opportunities and a lot of energy through specific support projects spread throughout the territory, to reach the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games of Milano-Cortina 2026, optimizing the performance of all athletes participating in the program."